All I did was cut out a piece of background fabric that was slightly bigger than the mat that was inside the frame. Then, I printed off the letter ‘J’ in the font that I liked from the computer. Then I cut out the ‘J’ in a coordinating fabric. Lastly, I used double sided fusible web to attach the letter to the background fabric.

Then I folded the fabric around the mat, glued it in place, inserted it into the frame and……..done.

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I saw a super cute idea for displaying names in your kids room…it was off the hgtv website and they took particle board and covered it with a cordinating color of fabric for the room and then painted the letters you buy at micheals for 1.99 and put them on top of the particle board…it was super cute and not many people look on that site so I thought you could share the idea since you are fixing your little boys room and that would be perfect in there… I will email you the picture right now! tell me what you think!

You can save a lot on printer ink if you choose the option to "outline" under the font editing. It outlines the letter, instead of filling it all in. The paper also lays flatter, because it doesn't have all that heavy ink trying to make the paper curl in on itself.

How about cutting whole words out…like maybe BEACH, and then making color copies of vacaction photos to glue on the letters…you would need to use a "fat-lettered" font…you could do it for BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, PROM, lots of things!

I did this project last night and I am so glad I did. Thanks for the inspiration for this project and others on your blog. I am trying several – did the yo-yo's today. There are some pics on my blog…Kristin

Jenna, after you iron the letter to the background material with fusible webbing, it will stay there nicely without fraying. And this is mostly because you put it back in the frame behind the glass. Nothing moves, so it will never get rubbed or fray. Hope that helps! :)

I found your blog today and I am in love! I do have a dumb question though (I am new to working with fabric) – how do you get the letter cut out – I mean do you pin the paper letter to the fabric and cut around, do you seal it to it somehow and cut around?

Shannon…..nope, not a dumb question. I remember when I posted about this so long ago, that it was just a quick project and I only quickly shared how to put it together. Sorry for the non-specifics.

But, I think I just cut out the paper "J", then traced that onto the fabric with a pencil, then cut it out. Then I cut out some fusible web in the same "J" shape (like this stuff: http://www.amazon.com/Thermoweb-Heatn-Bond-Iron–Adhesive-17/dp/B001145BDU/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1298735765&sr=8-7) and then placed that between the letter and the background and ironed the layers together. I didn't stitch around it because I knew once it was in the frame, it would get moved around or fray at all. But you could stitch around it for a cool design/affect. It's totally up to you.